SOLUTION: March 14th is considered Pi Day because the date can be expressed as 3.14, a numerical approximation for the value of π. The value of π is the ratio of the circumference
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Question 1025321: March 14th is considered Pi Day because the date can be expressed as 3.14, a numerical approximation for the value of π. The value of π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Some of the earliest known approximations of π are from around 2000 BC. The Babylonians approximated the value of π to be 25/8. Using the value of 3.14 for π, what is the absolute difference between today’s accepted value and the Babylonians’ value of π? Express your answer as a decimal to the thousandth.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25/8 = 3.125
3.14 - 3.125 = .015
the absolute value of the difference is .015.
this is already to the nearest thousandth, so no adjustment is necessary.
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